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    Pub close to Winson Green Prison

    My grandfather was a warder at Winson Green Prison around 1900. He had a regular pub. Near the bar on the floor was an anvil. The offer was that if you could lift the anvil on to the bar with one arm the landlord would buy you a drink. However, when the offer was challenged on the basis...
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